The following benefits are offered

Flex. working hours in 6 of 29 reviews
Parking in 11 of 29 reviews
Easy access to public transportation Stock or equity options in 2 of 29 reviews
401(k) in 14 of 29 reviews
No onsite daycare facility No reimbursed daycare No ability to work remotely Desirable office location in 1 of 29 reviews
Tuition assistance in 5 of 29 reviews
No Paid Parental Leave 401(k) Match in 9 of 29 reviews
Flexible spending account in 4 of 29 reviews
Paid time off in 15 of 29 reviews
Healthcare (including vision and dental) in 13 of 29 reviews
Relocation allowance in 1 of 29 reviews
Life insurance in 13 of 29 reviews

The following perks are offered

No on site cafeteria Free (company provided) Meals in 1 of 29 reviews
Health and wellness programs in 5 of 29 reviews
Employee discounts in 26 of 29 reviews
No vehicle allowance Employee events in 2 of 29 reviews
Pet friendly/Pets allowed in 3 of 29 reviews
No fitness center on site No company provided food and/or drink

Support from management

Suggestions for improvement

Budget better, leave the option open to hire more people for departments that need more help instead of pulling people off their regular duties to do work they weren't hired to do

What I like about the company

Was not an employer

What I dislike about the company

Not an employer

Company Culture

4.00

Support from management

4.00

Teamwork

3.00

Freedom to work independently

4.00

Internal Communication

4.00

Gender Equality

4.00

Attitude towards older colleagues

4.00

Career Development

3.00

Overall compensation for your work

4.00

Office / Work Environment

4.00

Environmental Friendliness

4.00

Work-Life Balance

5.00

Company Image

4.00

Job Security

4.00

Handicapped Accessibility

5.00

Workplace Safety

4.00

Challenging Work

4.00

Inclusive / Diverse

4.00

The following benefits were offered to me

Flex. working hours is offered
Stock or equity options is offered
401(k) is offered
401(k) Match is offered
Flexible spending account is offered
Paid time off is offered
Healthcare (including vision and dental) is offered
Life insurance is offered

Company Culture

There used to be a culture many years ago. Now they just fire everyone and hire Sports Authority people (since Sports Authority went out of business).

The company loves to put obstacles in the way of associates getting tasks done. Quick example, they came up with a thing called Power Hour, which was from 1130-1pm. Designed to help as many customers as possible. But we were being held to also get tons of tasks done and got in trouble for doing them during Power Hour. Then they tell us that we're not allowed to do tasks after 10am, which makes it impossible to get anything done. THEN they decided that everywhere off the sales floor was a no-fly zone, meaning we couldn't go back and get clothes for customers or anything during customer hours. These are just a few things, there are about 100 more ways they seem to try to prevent us from doing our jobs. It is incredibly frustrating. I really hope someone from there reads this and possibly cares enough to fix these major issues!

Support from management

The expectations are as unrealistic as it gets. They fired and pushed out so many associates that it is impossible to get the work done that is needed. Then they tell you that you're doing a bad job because the work isn't getting done.

Teamwork

Every associate in the building is in it for themselves. This is because they will individual get in trouble when their assigned task doesn't get done. So associates are not able to work together, but instead work against each other to get their own tasks done at the cost of someone else's. People also call off of work every single day.

Freedom to work independently

Managers and DM constantly micromanage literally every aspect of my job. They take nit picking to another level.

Internal Communication

We hear about results on an endless basis. This is almost always done in a negative way. Also, the radio devices we use to communicate die so quickly that communication breaks down easily. Customer service struggles to get help ringing due to this reason a lot.

Gender Equality

They hire both genders fairly equally. There is a fair amount of heavy lifting involved in some tasks and most of the girls here try to make the guys do it. (I'm a girl, I don't do that, I just see it.)

Attitude towards older colleagues

Not really, it is a very younger company. Actually anyone that was older that worked here is generally pushed out or alienated.

Career Development

We did an internal company survey last year that resulted in them realizing that associates want better training. To the corporate headquarters this mean give the associates more paperwork to read and more rules to follow. They also made hiring a lot more tedious.

There is no career advancement at all. Like I said before, they're hiring everyone from Sports Authority and anyone that was originally from Gander is being pushed out, fired, or alienated. Some of them are now called it Gander Authority.

Overall compensation for your work

As I was leaving there was literally one associate in apparel. The management and DM still went on and on about how all this work needs to be done by the apparel "team" as if they didn't realize it was literally one person. So no, compensation did not match the work responsibilities. A part time associate working for minimum wage should not have to run an entire department and answer to higher ups as to why the department was failing. Management and higher ups need to figure out the true issues, one being staffing, and fix them instead of giving the few people that are still there greif about not meeting deadlines or getting millions of tasks done.

Office / Work Environment

The building recently went through a remodel and looks good. I was there for the remodel and it was not a fun process at all, but the results are good. However, every time it rains the roof leaks, in a different spot each time. Also, the lights go out a lot in the middle of the day because of the automated system messing up.

Environmental Friendliness

For being an outdoors store they sure don't care about the environment. I worked in apparel and each individual item comes in a plastic bag. Now, maybe that's the vendor's way of shipping it, but Gander throws this all into the dumpster instead of holding it in a recycling area. Just one example, but also the amount of paper that is used to print every single task or email is crazy.

Work-Life Balance

People call off so much that we get texts almost every day from management asking us to work. You're expected to be available every single day of the week. You also have to fill out an availability sheet, but the computer doesn't use it because it still auto schedules you for times you're unavailable.

Company Image

Gander is known for their Chinese products and charging too much for them, sometimes way too much. Many of the products I interacted with were very flimsy. Although the main reason Gander is in business is to sell guns, so I hope they are made better than the other stuff on the shelves.

Job Security

You could literally be fired at any time. There will always be a reason and morale is absolutely horrible.

Handicapped Accessibility

To be completely fair, Gander does a good job of being accessible for handicap and SOMETIMES gives veterans discounts.

Workplace Safety

Yes, this building is safe and I know that OSHA guidelines are followed. I always remember hearing about it if someone left a pallet on its side.

Challenging Work

The work is challenging because the deadlines and goals (especially credit and warranty goals) are lofty and unrealistic. Tasks are challenging because we aren't given the proper tools or direction to do it correctly. Then when things aren't done right everyone gets in trouble from higher ups.

Inclusive / Diverse

HA! That's funny. The associates at Gander are the opposite of diverse. Ideas and opinions are not supported.

The following benefits were offered to me

Parking is offered
401(k) is offered
Desirable office location is offered
Tuition assistance is offered
401(k) Match is offered
Flexible spending account is offered
Paid time off is offered
Healthcare (including vision and dental) is offered
Life insurance is offered

Company Culture

Company encourages favoritism.

Gender Equality

Women are treated poorly. Men are given different, more lax and easy expectations. They are also allowed to miss deadlines and goals with no consequences, were as women are criticized and given more strict expectations. This company also underpays women employees, they are hired with a lower starting wage than equally experienced male associates.